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Keep your carbon footprint small and consider holiday spots within easy reach
This Week: BELGIUM
| Belgium is fast becoming the hippest destination in Europe. Brussels, Namur, and French-speaking Wallonia offer stylish, affordable hotels, chic shopping, gourmet food, exciting nightlife, and great adventure! |
Trendy eateries across Belgium offer fair-prices and a youthful vibe. If you are craving a good old American burger, Quick is a Belgian fast food chain. And of course, there are Brussels' legendary frietkots: they serve delicious Belgian fries to hungry night owls long after the restaurants have closed.
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Why Belgium?
1. Duvel tasting tours
Belgian beers are deceptively strong! Always wanted
to know the best way to taste beers? The Duvel Moortgat Brewery caters to
everyone’s tastes with three different brewery experiences. As well as a
Standard visit with a brewery tour and beer tasting, the brewery offers a Beer
Tasting tour with a sommelier or a similar tour which includes lunch. The
brewery is situated in the town of Puurs close to the city of Mechelen and is
easily reached from Brussels by train and a short bus connection
2. Family Friendly eating in
Antwerp
SensUnik is a restaurant that has existed for 25 years and
offers typical Flemish home cooking in a no nonsense atmosphere. Kids can
even eat their meal their second floor with the luxury of a babysitter whilst parents
can enjoy their meal on the first floor in relative peace. The daily
specials menu is themed by day and changes according to what is available but
the rest of the menu is based on local Flemish speciality food. Good value and
quality prevails and makes this restaurant a secret gem in the heart of
Antwerp.
3. The Brussels card with new additions for 2012
The exceptional value Brussels card includes more museums than
before as well as free local travel and discounts in the city. It offers free
admission to no fewer than 32 museums in Brussels, and is available for 24,48
or 72 hours .
Hundreds of extravagant coloured kites duck and dart
the skies above Ostend for a breathtaking show. More info:
5. At Anchor in Ostend: 25 -28 May
This is a major maritime event: over
100 classic vessels, various acts and live performances. More than 150
traditional ships moor in Ostend. Mast makers and riggers demonstrate their
crafts providing a wonderful tribute to the city's maritime past.
June 22th – 24th
40 breweries offer more than 200 speciality beers to taste
at this event both open for beer aficionados as well as beer professionals. The
main purpose of this event is to offer a cultural and educational approach to
beer. Taking place in the famous Groenplaats, beers can be tasted and enjoyed
in a exclusive village, accompanied by live brass bands and live Dixieland Jazz
bands.
Where To Stay
Antwerp
Funkapartment
is located in trendy Zuid. Its position, in the heart of the artistic
district of the city's southern area, is perfect for those seeking an inspiring
location only about 5 to 15 minutes from the city's major art galleries,
museums and city attractions. The modern and chic apartment has a fully
equipped kitchen and boasts a sunny patio. It is located on the ground floor so
there are no inconvenient stairs or lifts. The apartment even comes with two bikes!
Ostend
The totally refurbished, 3-star Hotel Mondo has recently reopened as a hip and trendy art deco hotel. Located at a
stone’s throw away from Ostend’s sea front, casino, centre and beach, this
lovely hotel is "the place to be" in Ostend. The magnificent Art Deco building
dates from 1928 and provides a dose of nostalgia with a dash of modern comfort
and a brilliant radiance.
Hip, elegant and cozy, located
near the botanical gardens, Hotel
BLOOM! is a truly modern hotel in central Brussels, where every
room is decorated differently with a unique fresco made by a young European artist The result is a totally unique view
inside the contemporary art world across Europe.
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